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Robert Coote
Actor
Born February 4, 1909Died November 26, 1982 (73 years)
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Robert Coote (4 February 1909 – 26 November 1982) was an English actor. He played aristocrats or British military types in many films, and created the role of Colonel Hugh Pickering in the long-running original Broadway production of My Fair Lady.
Coote was born in London and educated at Hurstpierpoint College in Sussex. He began his stage career at the age of 16, performing in Britain, South Africa, and Australia before arriving in Hollywood in the late 1930s. He played a succession of pompous British types in supporting roles, including a brief but memorable turn as Sgt. Bertie Higginbotham in Gunga Din (1939). His acting career was interrupted by his service as a squadron leader in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. He played Bob Trubshawe in Powell and Pressburger's A Matter of Life and Death (1946), chosen for the first-ever Royal Film Performance on 1 November 1946, before he returned to Hollywood, where his films included The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), Forever Amber (1947), The Three Musketeers (1948), and Orson Welles' Othello (1952).
In 1956, Coote created the role of Colonel Pickering in the original Broadway production of My Fair Lady (1956–62), which he reprised in the musical's 1976–77 Broadway revival. He also originated the role of King Pellinore in the Broadway production of Camelot (1960–63). He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his performance as Timmy St. Clair in the NBC TV series The Rogues (1964–65). In 1966, Coote appeared with Jackie Gleason and Art Carney in an episode of The Honeymooners entitled "The Honeymooners in England", broadcast on CBS-TV from Miami.
In his last feature film performance, Coote portrayed one of the critics dispatched by Vincent Price in Theatre of Blood (1973).
His final role was on television, playing orchid nurse Theodore Horstmann in the 1981 NBC-TV series Nero Wolfe, starring William Conrad in the title role. In most film and TV adaptations of Nero Wolfe mysteries, before and since, Horstmann has been a very minor character, but Coote's Horstmann got considerable screen time in the series.
The veteran British character actor died in his sleep at the New York Athletic Club in November 1982, at the age of 73.
Coote was a close friend of actor David Niven, sharing a house with Niven for a time in the late 1930s and living in a flat over Niven's garage for several years after the Second World War.
Robert Coote (4 February 1909 – 26 November 1982) was an English actor. He played aristocrats or British military types in many films, and created the role of Colonel Hugh Pickering in the long-running original Broadway production of My Fair Lady.
Coote was born in London and educated at Hurstpierpoint College in Sussex. He began his stage career at the age of 16, performing in Britain, South Africa, and Australia before arriving in Hollywood in the late 1930s. He played a succession of pompous British types in supporting roles, including a brief but memorable turn as Sgt. Bertie Higginbotham in Gunga Din (1939). His acting career was interrupted by his service as a squadron leader in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. He played Bob Trubshawe in Powell and Pressburger's A Matter of Life and Death (1946), chosen for the first-ever Royal Film Performance on 1 November 1946, before he returned to Hollywood, where his films included The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), Forever Amber (1947), The Three Musketeers (1948), and Orson Welles' Othello (1952).
In 1956, Coote created the role of Colonel Pickering in the original Broadway production of My Fair Lady (1956–62), which he reprised in the musical's 1976–77 Broadway revival. He also originated the role of King Pellinore in the Broadway production of Camelot (1960–63). He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his performance as Timmy St. Clair in the NBC TV series The Rogues (1964–65). In 1966, Coote appeared with Jackie Gleason and Art Carney in an episode of The Honeymooners entitled "The Honeymooners in England", broadcast on CBS-TV from Miami.
In his last feature film performance, Coote portrayed one of the critics dispatched by Vincent Price in Theatre of Blood (1973).
His final role was on television, playing orchid nurse Theodore Horstmann in the 1981 NBC-TV series Nero Wolfe, starring William Conrad in the title role. In most film and TV adaptations of Nero Wolfe mysteries, before and since, Horstmann has been a very minor character, but Coote's Horstmann got considerable screen time in the series.
The veteran British character actor died in his sleep at the New York Athletic Club in November 1982, at the age of 73.
Coote was a close friend of actor David Niven, sharing a house with Niven for a time in the late 1930s and living in a flat over Niven's garage for several years after the Second World War.
Known For
Filmography
| 1998 | The Colour Merchant · as Bob Trubshawe |
| 1990 | Hollywood Mavericks · as Roderigo |
| 1981 | Nero Wolfe (TV Series) · as Theodore Horstmann |
| 1978 | |
| 1974 | The Lives of Benjamin Franklin (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1973 | Theater of Blood · as Oliver Larding |
| 1972 | Up the Front · as General Burke |
| 1968 | Prudence and the Pill · as Henry Hardcastle |
| 1968 | |
| 1967 | The Cool Ones · as Stanley Krum |
| 1966 | The Swinger · as Sir Hubert Charles |
| 1966 | Alice Through the Looking Glass · as The Red King |
| 1966 | The Jackie Gleason Show (1966) (TV Series) · as Charles Lewis |
| 1966 | A Man Could Get Killed · as Hatton / Jones |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Col. Sir Francis Chesney |
| 1964 | The Rogues (TV Series) · as Timmy St. Clair |
| 1964 | |
| 1963 | The V.I.P.s · as John Coburn |
| 1961 | Comedy Playhouse (TV Series) · as Rt. Hon. Mervyn Pugh |
| 1960 | The League of Gentlemen · as Bunny Warren |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Ashley |
| 1958 | The Horse's Mouth · as Sir William Beeder |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV Series) · as Terry |
| 1958 | Merry Andrew · as Dudley Larabee |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Sgt. Beggs |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Baines |
| 1956 | The Swan · as Capt. Wunderlich |
| 1955 | Marriage a la Mode · as The Best Man |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as Claude Dabney |
| 1953 | Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Presents (TV Series) · as John Banks |
| 1952 | The Prisoner of Zenda · as Fritz Von Tarlenheim |
| 1952 | The Merry Widow · as Marquis De Crillon |
| 1952 | Scaramouche · as Gaston Binet |
| 1951 | |
| 1951 | The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel · as British Medical Officer |
| 1951 | The Lavender Hill Mob · as Waiter In Restaurant |
| 1951 | Soldiers Three · as Maj. Mercer |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Joe Worton |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre (TV Series) · as Sir Archibald Bruern |
| 1949 | The Fighting Pimpernel · as Sir Andrew Ffoulkes |
| 1949 | The Red Danube · as Brigadier C.m.v. Catlock |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Dr. Gordon |
| 1948 | The Three Musketeers · as Aramis |
| 1948 | Berlin Express · as Sterling |
| 1947 | The Exile · as Dick Pinner |
| 1947 | Forever Amber · as Sir Thomas Dudley |
| 1947 | Lured · as Detective Wilson |
| 1947 | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir · as Mr. Coombe |
| 1946 | A Matter of Life and Death · as Bob Trubshawe |
| 1946 | Cloak and Dagger · as Cronin |
| 1943 | Forever and a Day · as Blind Officer |
| 1942 | Commandos Strike at Dawn · as Robert Bowen |
| 1940 | You Can't Fool Your Wife · as Battincourt |
| 1940 | Vigil in the Night · as Dr. Caley |
| 1939 | Nurse Edith Cavell · as Bungey |
| 1939 | Bad Lands · as Eaton |
| 1939 | The House of Fear · as Robert Morton |
| 1939 | Gunga Din · as Bertie Higginbotham |
| 1938 | Mr. Moto's Last Warning · as Rollo Venables |
| 1938 | The Girl Downstairs · as Karl |
| 1938 | Blond Cheat · as Gilbert Potts |
| 1938 | A Yank at Oxford · as Wavertree |
| 1937 | The Thirteenth Chair · as Stanby |
| 1936 | Rangle River · as Reggie Mannister, Flight-Lieutenant |
| 1934 | Radio Parade of 1935 · as Executive |
| 1933 | Loyalties · as Robert |
| 1931 | Sally in Our Alley · as Waiter At Party |
Best Of Enemies (TV Series) |